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The best bot you can have on your Mac.

Svara lives at the edge of your screen. Press ⌥ Space over any app and it already knows the window, the text you selected and the page you're on. Ask for a rewrite and it types it in for you.

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Version 0.2 for macOS 26 or later. Bring ChatGPT, OpenAI, OpenRouter, Apple Intelligence or a model on your Mac.

Your desktopClick one to say hi. Drag one to move it.

It opens over whatever you're doing.

There's no chat window to switch to. Svara comes to the text: it sees the selection, the window and the page. Ask for text and it writes it straight in. Ask a question and the answer waits right there.

Stop carrying text between windows.

Most AI help on a Mac starts with copy, switch and paste, and ends the same way in reverse. Svara comes to the text instead. Run them side by side.

With a chat in another window 8 steps

  1. Select the paragraph
  2. Copy it
  3. Switch to the chat window switch
  4. Paste it and explain where it's from
  5. Wait for the answer
  6. Copy the answer
  7. Switch back to Mail switch
  8. Select the old paragraph and paste over it

With Svara 2 steps

  1. Select the paragraph
  2. Press ⌥ Space and say what you want. The new version replaces the old one by itself

Same result. Six fewer steps and no app switching, every time you ask.

A day with Svara.

It isn't one feature. It's a dozen small moments a day where you'd otherwise copy, switch, retype or forget. Here's one ordinary workday. Every piece below works: try it.

08:30

Your morning, already summed up.

A routine runs at the time you set and leaves a brief waiting: today's meetings, the mail that matters and what you promised to do. It reads, and never changes anything.

Instead of opening Calendar, Mail and Reminders one by one.

Morning brief is ready3 meetings, 2 emails from Anna, 1 reminder
09:10

Read the long article in a minute.

Select a paragraph, or nothing at all, and Svara reads the page you're on in Safari, Chrome, Arc, Edge or Brave. One click summarizes, explains, improves or translates it.

Instead of copying the page into a chat window.

What a year of four-day weeks taught one design studio
Meetings shrank first: anything without an agenda simply stopped happening. People blocked mornings for deep work, moved chat to the afternoon and wrote decisions down instead of repeating them in calls.
longreads.exampleSelection
Pick an action above.
09:58

Walk into every call prepared, and out with notes.

Two minutes before a call, a brief shows who's in it and what was left open last time. Say yes to notes and Svara transcribes you and the others on your Mac, translates as it goes, and writes up decisions and action items when you hang up.

Instead of typing notes while trying to listen. No bot joins the call, and the audio is never kept.

Starts in 2 minutes, in Zoom

Launch sync

Anna LindJonas BergYou
Open from last timeJonas: fix the login bug before launch.
Svara never records by itself.
Taking notes
You, and the others from Zoom's audio.
Decided

Launch stays on the 21st, now that the login fix is done.

Action items
11:30

Answer the team by talking.

Hold right ⌥ in any app and speak. Let go, and tidy text appears where your cursor is: filler words gone, "actually, make it three" applied, and the tone matched to the app. Names in your dictionary are always spelled your way.

Instead of typing every reply. Transcription runs on your Mac, so it's free and works offline.

# launch 3 members
J
Jonas 11:24
Review is booked. Anyone have the final copy for the release notes?
A
Anna 11:27
And can someone check the date on the pricing page?
Message #launch

Press and hold the button, or right ⌥ on your keyboard.

13:15

Copy text that isn't text.

A slide in a call, a screenshot, a scanned PDF. Press ⇧ ⌘ 1, drag over it, and the words are on your clipboard, in any language. ⇧ ⌘ 2 asks Svara about that part of the screen instead.

Instead of retyping what you see.

Q3 launch plan
Shared by Anna in Zoom
  • Launch on Tuesday the 21st, 09:00 CET
  • Press embargo lifts at 10:00
  • Support FAQ ready by Friday the 17th
  • Pricing: 49 kr per month, 490 kr per year
anna.lind@studio.example

Drag over part of the slide.

Copied
14:05

Errands done, after you say yes.

Ask for a meeting, a reminder, an email draft or a tidy folder. Svara checks your calendar, prepares the change and waits for your OK. It works with Calendar, Reminders, Mail, Notes, Shortcuts and your files.

Instead of switching apps to do it yourself. Nothing changes until you approve it.

You:

14:30

Fetch any file. Tidy a whole folder.

Ask for "the budget PDF Anna sent" and Svara finds it anywhere on your Mac with Spotlight, then reads it if you like. Select files in Finder before you open Svara and they come along: rename a folder of photos by date, or sort them into folders, with one approval.

Instead of renaming forty files by hand.

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    15:40

    Find it by what it meant.

    One search across your meetings, chats, memory, notes and files. It matches words in any language, and meaning too, so "film suggestions" finds the chat where you asked for a movie.

    Instead of guessing which app it was in. Indexed and searched on your Mac.

      16:20

      Catch the thought before it's gone.

      Press ⌃ ⌥ N for a hidden stack of sticky notes, or hold it and just say the note. Six paper colours, pinned notes first, and every note one click from your clipboard.

      Instead of a desktop covered in text files.

      17:45

      Close the laptop knowing where you left off.

      An end-of-day routine gathers what got done, what's still open and what comes first tomorrow, from your meetings, reminders and notes. It's saved in your history, so tomorrow's Svara can pick it up.

      Instead of trying to remember it all at 9 tomorrow.

      End-of-day recap, Thursday

      Done

      • Moved launch to the 21st and told Anna
      • Launch sync, with notes and three action items
      • Booked the design review

      Still open

      • Tell support about the 21st
      • Call the dentist (it's after 5, so tomorrow)

      First thing tomorrow

      • Send the launch summary before the 10:00 standup

      Everything starts in one prompt.

      Type / for commands, @ for an assistant, or a snippet. Some answers need no AI at all. This prompt works like Svara's: try it.

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        And the rest of the toolkit.

        All of it is in the menu bar, and a built-in guide walks you through each feature with a short animation and a Try It button.

        Projects

        Notes and files that go with every question while you work on something.

        Compare models

        Ask up to four models at once, side by side, and keep or merge the best.

        Canvas

        Open a long answer in an editor and ask for changes until it's right.

        Skills

        Teach Svara a kind of task once, in a short file, and it uses it when it fits.

        Voice conversation

        Talk back and forth with answers read aloud. Click to interrupt.

        Clipboard history

        Your last 200 copies, pasted as they were, fixed or translated.

        Memory

        "Remember that Anna is my manager." It's used in every answer after.

        Charts and maths

        Charts drawn in the answer, and exact sums run in a sandbox.

        Pictures

        Make or edit an image and drag it straight into any app.

        Read a link

        Paste an address and ask about the page behind it.

        Connections

        Add MCP tool servers, or let other AI apps search what Svara knows.

        Links and Services

        svara:// links for Shortcuts and scripts, and Services on any selected text.

        Make it yours.

        Your character floats at the edge of the screen. It listens while you talk, thinks out loud in a balloon, gets heart eyes when an answer is ready and falls asleep when you're away. Click it to open Svara, or drop text on it.

        Character

        Mood

        Effect

        Bring the AI you already have.

        Svara doesn't sell you another AI subscription. Connect one of five kinds, in about two minutes, and switch whenever you like without losing your history.

        How the five ways to connect an AI compare
        ChatGPT planOpenAI keyOpenRouter keyApple IntelligenceLocal model
        You needChatGPT Go, Plus or ProAn OpenAI API accountAn OpenRouter accountApple Intelligence turned onOllama or LM Studio
        You payNothing extraOpenAI, per useOpenRouter, per useNothingNothing
        Your questions go toOpenAIOpenAIOpenRouter and the model's makerYour MacOr Private Cloud Compute, if you choose itYour Mac
        ModelsYour plan'sAny OpenAI modelModels from many labsApple'sAny you download
        Works offlineNoNoNoYes, on-deviceYes
        Web searchYesYesYesNoNo
        Mac actions and toolsYesYesYesNoIf the model supports tools
        Dictation and meeting notesYes, transcribed on your MacYesOptionally with OpenAI's transcriptionYes, transcribed on your MacYes, transcribed on your MacYes, transcribed on your Mac
        Read aloudMac voiceOpenAI voice or Mac voiceMac voiceMac voiceMac voice
        PicturesWith an OpenAI key addedYesWith an OpenAI key addedWith an OpenAI key addedWith an OpenAI key added

        Switch any time

        Change provider in Settings → General. Your chats, notes and memory stay where they are.

        A different AI per assistant

        Give @coder a strong coding model and @translator a fast cheap one. Each assistant can have its own.

        See what you use

        Settings → Usage counts tokens and requests per provider for the last 30 days, with cost where it's reported.

        What stays on your Mac.

        Most of Svara never touches a server. The AI you choose sees what you ask about, and only when you ask.

        On your Mac

        • Dictation and meeting transcription
        • Your notes, chats, memory and search index
        • Screen text recognition
        • Clipboard history, off until you turn it on
        • Meeting audio is never saved

        Sent to your AI

        • Your question
        • The context shown as chips: the window, your selection, the page. Click × on a chip to leave it out
        • Nothing at all with a local model or Apple's on-device one

        Waits for you

        • Every change in Mail, Calendar, Notes, Reminders or your files
        • Taking meeting notes
        • Sending anything a link fills in
        • Keys live in your Mac's Keychain

        Questions.

        The short answers. The in-app guide has the long ones.

        Do I need a ChatGPT subscription?

        No. A ChatGPT plan is one of five options. You can use an OpenAI or OpenRouter key, Apple Intelligence with no account at all, or a model running on your Mac with Ollama or LM Studio.

        Does it record my meetings by itself?

        No. When a call app starts using the microphone, Svara asks "Take notes for this call?" and does nothing unless you say yes. Transcription happens on your Mac and the audio is never kept.

        Can it change things without asking?

        No. Anything that changes something in another app or on disk, like an event, a reminder, a note, a draft or a file move, shows you exactly what it will do and waits for you to approve it.

        Does it work offline?

        Yes, with Apple Intelligence's on-device model or a local model. Dictation, meeting transcription, screen text, sticky notes, the command palette and search all run on your Mac with any provider.

        Which languages does it speak?

        Answers come in whatever languages your AI speaks. Dictation and meeting notes use the Mac's speech recognition, which covers many languages including Swedish and Arabic, and you can add names and jargon to a personal dictionary.

        Which Mac do I need?

        macOS 26 or later. Apple silicon is recommended, and needed for on-device speech and Apple Intelligence. Some features, like Private Cloud Compute, need macOS 27.

        Where is my data stored?

        In a folder on your Mac, in your user Library, with keys in the Keychain. Chats, meeting notes, memory and sticky notes are plain files you can back up or delete.

        Svara is Swedish for answer.

        Download Svara, connect your AI and allow the permissions you want. A short setup guide walks you through it.

        Download for Mac